Opinion
Analysis
Royal family
Queen's message to Harry and Meghan couldn't be clearer: It's over
The most experienced British monarch in history knew her subjects would never have let the couple have their cake and eat it.
- by Camilla Tominey
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Opinion
Australian Open
Nobody wants to watch the Australian Chokin’
As the Australian Open starts, the world’s eyes are on Australia for a reason besides that whole ''apocalyptic inferno'' thing.
- by Dom Knight
Editorial
Bushfires
Open your hearts and wallets for bushfire victims
Donating to charity is wonderful but what people most need now is cash, not goods which are hard to sort and distribute.
- The Herald's View
Opinion
Australia Day
Why it's shocking to feel 'embarrassed to be Australian'
There is a no doubt there are a lot of complex and divisive issues we need to work through as a nation, but we should feel good about who we are and what Australia stands for.
- by Claire Kimball
Opinion
Royal family
Is 'Megxit' the royals' greatest feminist act?
Meghan Markle most likely thought she could handle being part of the royal family. Hell, if you can make it in Hollywood how much harder can it be? But she underestimated some important elements.
- by Maria Lewis
Opinion
Royal family
I said to Meghan: 'Why don't you just jack it all in?'
Prince Harry has always been a wildcard and this next chapter in his story is really no shock.
- by Bryony Gordon
Opinion
Social media
Feeling anxious and powerless? Australia's only saint had advice
The 2010s felt like a series of great and sudden changes, of immense disruption, of death and rebirth.my impotence. And now, I worry about my future in a way I could never have imagined, and my impotence to change it.
- by Jan Fran
Letters
Letters
Let's stop being a fossil on climate change
Your article points to positive steps forward from the PM. But he is still using his tricky language, which does little to alleviate my distrust of him.
Opinion
Religion
Religious persecution a growing global problem
The legacy of colonialism leads many people to believe that Christians are the ones in power doing the persecuting, but that is not so.
- by Barney Zwartz
Analysis
Pollution
Why is air pollution so harmful? DNA may hold the answer
Scientists are still figuring out how air pollution causes so many ailments - and why some people are resilient to this modern onslaught.
- by Carl Zimmer
Opinion
Australian economy
Finally, some good news for the government (and for our economy)
The government can count its blessings that in a two-week period it managed to suffer two failures that put them and the country on a better path.
- by Angela Jackson
Opinion
Royal family
Two women, two very different tales of repressive regimes
I feel for Meghan Markle in a personal sense. I just can’t join those who champion her as a feminist cause, emblematic of all “strong women” who take on a stuffy institution.
- by Julie Szego
Analysis
Matildas
A year on from Stajcic's sacking, what's changed for the Matildas?
Too many, indeed most, have argued their case as black and white when really much of the reason for Stajcic's dismissal falls somewhere in the grey.
- by Anthony Colangelo
Opinion
AFL 2020
Sport Thought: Is signing Grundy for seven years too big a risk?
Collingwood's decision to give ruckman Brodie Grundy the seven-year deal he desired is worth debating.
- by Peter Ryan
Analysis
Australian cricket
How women are helping cricket become the new world game
Cricket is growing at such a rate through central Africa, Asia and the Pacific that the women's T20 World Cup could have featured far more than just 10 nations.
- by Geoff Lawson
Analysis
Australian Open
Long live the three kings of men's tennis
Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic have dominated tennis for more than a decade. Don't be in a hurry for it to end.
- by Neil Breen
Opinion
Royal family
I don't like Meghan. That doesn't make me racist
The Duchess of Sussex is a world leader and a public figure. While that doesn't take away her right to any privacy, it also does not exempt her from criticism.
- by Christine M. Flowers
Opinion
Racism
The law against racial hatred that can't be used to stop the advocacy of Nazism
There's never a good reason for going soft on hatred, except when all good intentions cannot be supported by the full force of the law.
- by Tim Soutphommasane
Opinion
Bushfires
Welcome aboard, denialists: now let's stop fiddling and start fixing
For many, the bushfire crisis has brought a radical change in thinking. People are realising they were wrong. The climate really is changing.
- by David Watson
Letters
Letters
History not on Hockey's side
Sorry, Joe, we all know how that ended. But good luck anyway.
Opinion
Philosophy
Beauty is meaning: How our choice of fork contains our world view
Beauty creates meaning, forming a relationship that elicits our best selves. So it’s no mere nice-to-have. Beauty is a core human value.
- by Elizabeth Farrelly
Analysis
Good Weekend
Meet the futurist with 2020 vision
Where is the year heading? The Future Exploration Network's Ross Dawson has a few ideas
- by Greg Callaghan
Opinion
Climate policy
The big money leaves coal for dust
While Australia clings to coal, global investors are moving to abandon it - not necessarily for ethical reasons, but because of the risk.
- by Nick O'Malley
Opinion
GDP
Populist revolt against their failed policies making economists rethink
Failed policies and a hierarchical male-dominated culture are causing soul-searching among economists.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
Careers
How to stay connected with managers and co-workers as a remote worker
Remote work has many selling points, but it is also important to understand the potential pitfalls.
- by Jay Munro
Opinion
Satire
The cheapest things are often the best
A pissy $2 potato-peeler always peels better than any $20 "ergonomic" version that you have to hold back-to-front and upside-down.
- by Danny Katz
Opinion
Government grants
Minister's role in #SportsRortsII is a straight red card offence
It is not acceptable, and no amount of bloviating will make it so. Resign, Senator McKenzie.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Editorial
Bushfires
Speed critical in helping bushfire victims
Recovery programs must start immediately.
- The Herald's View
Opinion
Big Bash
Blurred slur lines show code in need of reorientation
As long as male cricketers are insulated from the actual harm their words do, homophobic slurs will continue to be uttered.
- by Malcolm Knox
Opinion
Thank God, Clancy's a country boy
Clancy Glover finds himself a rock star in regional NSW.
- by Richard Glover
Opinion
Bushfires
The advice I wish I knew before my house burnt down
The grey ash contained the bits and pieces that proved vital to allowing us to reclaim our lives.
- by Diana Simmonds
Analysis
Big Bash
Big Bash stars struggling for international recognition
Getting into the Australian Twenty20 team in a T20 World Cup year is not easy.
- by Dean Jones
Opinion
Australian Open
Strings attached: There is no sport like tennis for selling its soul
After a little back-and-forth between The Age and Rafael Nadal's PR company, we declined to interview the tennis legend.
- by Greg Baum
Opinion
LGBT
The sad death of Wilson Gavin: a plea for civil debate over toxic pile-ons
A young, conservative gay man ends his own life the day after a toxic "pile-on" on social media. A progressive gay man writes that it is cause for deep reflection.
- by Jack Whitney
Opinion
Investing
Corporate Australia looks vulnerable to a global climate backlash
The climate wars that have torn national politics apart for over a decade are causing serious ructions in the corporate and investment world.
- by John McDuling
Opinion
Climate policy
After the smoke clears: a path to zero emissions
A pall has hung over south-eastern Australia since the untimely fires in New South Wales and Queensland late last winter. It will lift from a diminished natural and human heritage. Beautiful parts of Australia have been disfigured. The lift may also reveal a changed political environment, in which all Governments want to join the global action against the climate change threat to our security and prosperity.
- by Ross Garnaut
Opinion
The lowdown
Workers strike balance between empowerment and control
Employees are being encouraged to take more responsibility for their actions just as workplaces become increasingly subject to control and accountability measures.
- by David Brown, Rachael Lewis and Nicole Sutton
Opinion
Tourism
Forget Port Botany for cruise ships, even the Red Cross supports Garden Island
Botany Bay doesn’t make the best of statements for passengers arriving in Sydney. Never has done, it seems, if we cast our minds back to 1788.
- by Richard Whitington
Letters
Letters
Turning a profit out of aged tests means less care
Governments and bureaucrats should look outside their current agendas and develop more innovative ways to deliver aged care effectively and efficiently to individuals.
Opinion
Climate policy
Australia, the jalopy nation: why we're having car trouble
The nation is falling behind the global move to electric cars. The Coalition government hasn't even managed to execute its own plan to cut car emissions.
- by David Crowe
Opinion
Body language
I want my daughters to know what I didn't: your weight is not your worth
A family member recently asked how I feel about my own eating disorder experiences and body image in light of being a mother.
- by Sarah Berry
Opinion
Work in Progress
What are your privacy rights at work?
Many employees just wish their bosses would mind their own business about personal information - but can they expect that?
- by James Adonis
Australia
In the Herald: January 17, 1944
Meat rationing begins today, State Lottery "Humbug", and a tornado in Campbelltown .
- by Lyn Maccallum
Opinion
Space
It's not mad to believe in aliens, life is out there somewhere
Scoff at those who believe in aliens all you like, but over the next few decades we'll know for sure if we really are alone.
- by Sarah Cruddas
Opinion
Bushfires
Some of the most predatory companies thrive in times of disaster
Loopholes in the law continue to allow unscrupulous "storm chaser" operators to prey on victims of natural disasters.
- by Elizabeth Minter
Opinion
Oscars
Netflix isn't disrupting anything when it comes to Oscar nominations and diversity
Last year, the streaming service put its money where its mouth was with Roma. This year it's a case of: if you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
- by Mary McNamara
Opinion
Climate policy
Fires could melt PM's anti-establishment vote back into the earth
It could be argued Morrison has misunderstood the very political pendulum that swung his government into office last May.
- by Tom Akhurst
Editorial
Corruption
Pork-barrelling of sports fund undermines public trust
Ministers must not interfere in the process of awarding government grants.
- The Herald's View
Analysis
Please Explain podcast
Politics of fire
This week on Please Explain, Tory Maguire speaks with chief political correspondent David Crowe and environment editor Peter Hannam about the political fallout from the national bushfire crisis.
- by Tory Maguire